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Distribution of risk alleles in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
Danish medical journal - 1 Mar 2020
Nielsen Marie Krogh, Subhi Yousif, Molbech Christopher Rue, Grønskov Karen, Sørensen Torben Lykke
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in elderly people. Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been shown to either increase or reduce the risk of developing AMD. In this study, we investigated the frequency of ten known risk alleles in a Danish cohort across subtypes of late AMD and explored any relationship to accelerated development of bilateral...
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